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President of India Hosts President of Portugal; Thanks Portugal for extending its support for the Commemoration of Mahatma Gandhi’s 150th Birth Anniversary
India and Portugal Exchange 14 Agreements and Understandings
The President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind received His Excellency Mr Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, the President of the Portuguese Republic at Rashtrapati Bhavan today.
Welcoming Portuguese President on his first State Visit to India, the President said that Portugal - India relations are very special. India and Portugal enjoy 500 years of shared history. The two countries are closely tied together through Goa and Mumbai, through our culture, language and kinship.
The President said that we were delighted to receive Prime Minister Antonio Costa few months ago for the Mahatma Gandhi birth anniversary celebrations meeting. He thanked Portugal for extending its support for the commemoration of Mahatma Gandhi’s 150th birth anniversary.
The President said that India-Portugal bilateral agenda has expanded several-folds. The two countries are collaborating in science and technology, defence, education, innovation and start-up, water and environment among other things.
The President said that terrorism is grave threat for the entire world. We should deepen our cooperation further to defeat and destroy this global menace. He also said that climate change is a pressing global challenge today. India looks forward to Portugal joining the International Solar Alliance in the near future.
The two Presidents welcomed the exchange of 14 agreements and understandings between India and Portugal in the fields of maritime heritage, maritime transport and port development, migration and mobility, start-ups, Intellectual Property Rights, aerospace, nano-biotechnology, audio visual co-production, yoga, diplomatic training, scientific research and public-policy.
Later the President hosted a banquet in honour of President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa of the Portuguese Republic. Speaking on the occasion, the President said that our global partnership has added depth to our multilateral engagement and to our common desire to fashion a multi-polar world-order. India looks forward to becoming an Associate Observer of the Community of Portuguese Language Countries, so that we can amplify our developmental partnerships in Africa and elsewhere. He recalled that the first India-EU Summit was initiated under the Portuguese Presidency. He said that when Portugal assumes the Presidency of the European Union next year, we once again look forward to deepening our engagement with the EU.
Ministry of Defence
MOD signs a deal for dual role Surface-to-Surface BrahMos missile with BAPL
Providing further impetus to Aatmanirbharta in defence production, the Ministry of Defence  signed a contract today with M/s BrahMos Aerospace Pvt. Ltd.  for acquisition of additional dual-role capable Surface to Surface BrahMos missiles at an overall approximate cost of ₹ 1700 Crore under “Buy-Indian” Category. Induction of these dual-role capable Missiles is going to significantly enhance the operational capability of Indian Navy  fleet assets.
It is notable that BAPL is a Joint Venture  between India and Russia making crucial contribution to augment the new generation Surface-to-Surface Missiles  with enhanced range and dual role capability for land as well as anti-ship attacks. This contract is going to give further boost to indigenous production of critical weapon system and ammunition with active participation of indigenous industry.
Ministry of Labour & Employment
All-India Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers  for July, 2021
General inflation for July, 2021 went down to 5.27 per cent compared to 5.57 per cent of previous month.
Food inflation also decreased to 4.91 per cent from 5.61 per cent in the previous month.
The All-India CPI-IW for July, 2021 increased by 1.1 points and stood at 122.8 . On 1-month percentage change, it increased by 0.90 per cent with respect to previous month compared to an increase of 1.20 per cent recorded between corresponding months a year ago.
The Labour Bureau, an attached office of the Ministry of Labour & Employment, has been compiling Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers every month on the basis of retail prices collected from 317 markets spread over 88 industrially important centres in the country. The index is compiled for 88 centres and All-India and is released on the last working day of succeeding month.
The maximum upward pressure in current index came from Miscellaneous group contributing 0.42 percentage points to the total change. At item level, Dairy Milk, Poultry/Chicken, Mango, Carrot, Cauliflower, Onion, Tomato, Cooking Gas, Doctor’s/ Surgeon’s Fee, Medicines Allopathic, Auto Rickshaw/Scooter Fare, Bus Fare, Rail Fare, Petrol for Vehicle, Housing, etc. are responsible for the rise in index. However, this increase was largely checked by Fish Fresh, Edible Oil, Pomegranate/Anar, Lemon, etc. putting downward pressure on the index.
At Centre level, Yamunanagar recorded maximum increase of 4.7 points followed by Goa, Nagpur and Belgaum with 3.7 points, 3.6 points and 3.0 points respectively. Among others, 9 centers observed an increase between 2 to 2.7 points, 32 centers between 1 to 1.9 points and 34 Centre’s between 0.1 to 0.9 points. On the contrary, Sibsagar recorded a maximum decrease of 1.0 point. Among others, 6 centres observed a decline between 0.1 to 0.9 points. Rest of 2 centres remained stationary.
Year-on-year inflation for the month stood at 5.27 per cent compared to 5.57 per cent for the previous month and 5.33 per cent during the corresponding month a year before. Similarly, Food inflation stood at 4.91 per cent against 5.61 per cent of the previous month and 6.38 per cent during the corresponding month a year ago.
Y-o-Y Inflation based on CPI-IW 
All-India Group-wise CPI-IW for June and July, 2021
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Sr. No.
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Groups
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June, 2021
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July, 2021
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I
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Food & Beverages
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121.8
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122.4
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II
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Pan, Supari, Tobacco & Intoxicants
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137.9
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138.9
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III
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Clothing & Footwear
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120.1
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120.8
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IV
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Housing
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115.2
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116.8
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V
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Fuel & Light
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149.6
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152.0
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VI
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Miscellaneous
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119.7
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121.1
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General Index
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121.7
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122.8
CPI-IW: Groups Indices
The next issue of CPI-IW for the month of August, 2021 will be released on Thursday, 30th September, 2021.
Ministry of Power
Powergrid Wins the Prestigious global ATD Best Award
Power Grid Corporation of India Limited , a Maharatna CPSU under Ministry of Power, Government of India has been awarded the coveted “Association for Talent Development  2021 BEST Award” securing 8thrank among the 71 organizations from around the globe, thus becoming the only PSU to win this award and one of the only two companies of India in Top 20.
The Association for Talent Development  is the world's largest association dedicated to those who develop talent in organizations and ATD’s BEST Award is the talent development industry’s most rigorous and coveted recognition. The global program recognizes organizations that demonstrate enterprise-wide success through talent development.
POWERGRID has won this International recognition for its diligent efforts in talent development practices and programmes. The talent development initiative in POWERGRID is driven by POWERGRID Academy of Leadership .
PAL is POWERGRID’s state-of-the-art Institute of Learning in Management and Technology catering to both domestic and international clients. At PAL,trainings and initiatives are organized for enhancing employee performance, boosting employee productivity, improving and strengthening company culture.
Election Commission
ECI extends ban on physical rallies and roadshows until 22 January, 2022
ECI grants relaxation for the political parties to the extent that indoor meetings of maximum of 300 persons or 50% of the capacity of the hall or the prescribed limit set by SDMA
ECI directs political parties to adhere to the provisions of MCC and the broad guidelines of COVID
ECI directs State/ District Administration to ensure compliance of all instructions related to MCC and COVID
The Election Commission of India today held separate virtual meetings with the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare; Chief Secretaries and Health Secretaries of Goa, Manipur, Punjab, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh, as also the Chief Electoral Officers of these five poll going States.
Chief Election Commissioner Shri Sushil Chandra along with Election Commissioners Shri Rajiv Kumar and Shri Anup Chandra Pandey accompanied by Secretary General and concerned Deputy Election Commissioners held a comprehensive review of present status and projected trends of COVID pandemic with special focus in the five poll going states. Vaccination status and action plan for expeditiously completing vaccination for 1st, 2nd and booster dose for eligible persons amongst Frontline workers and polling personnel was also reviewed.
The Commission also discussed SDMA’s restrictions and state specific extant guidelines regulating the norms of gathering of persons during the period of pandemic.
Now, therefore, after considering the present situation, facts and circumstances as also the inputs received in these meetings, the Commission has directed as follows:
- No road show, Pad-yatra, cycle/bike/vehicle rally and procession shall be allowed till 22 January, 2022. Commission shall subsequently review the situation and issue further instructions accordingly.
- No physical rally of Political parties or candidates  or any other group related to election shall be allowed till 22 January, 2022.
- However, the Commission has granted relaxation for the political parties to the extent that indoor meetings of maximum of 300 persons or 50% of the capacity of the hall or the prescribed limit set by SDMA will be allowed.
- Political parties shall ensure the compliance of COVID appropriate behaviour & guidelines and Model Code of Conduct at all occasions during the activities connected with elections.
- All remaining restrictions as contained in the Revised Broad Guidelines for Conduct of Elections, 2022 issued on 8 January 2022 shall continue to operate.
All concerned State/District authorities shall ensure full compliance of these instructions.
Ministry of Defence
Raksha Mantri Sh Rajnath Singh visits Nagpur today
Mumbai/Nagpur, 22 May 2022
Raksha Mantri Sh Rajnath Singh visited Nagpur on 22 May 22. On his arrival he was received by Air Marshal Shashiker Chaudhary, AOC-in-C Maintenance Command and other dignitaries from Civil & military.
RM interacted with defence stakeholder at Air Port. He was briefed about the various activities undertaken by Defence establishments, which included Army , IAF & Defence PSUs ,in this region.
RM in his address to all stakeholders at Nagpur advised to focus on Atam Nirbhar in defence technology while keeping pace with technology outside. He also asked Commanders to follow the correct maintenance and operational practices with safety of personnel in mind.PIB Mumbai | SC/DW/DR
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Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
Two Day Regional Conference on “Improving Public Services Delivery – Role of Governments” to begin tomorrow at Nagpur
Union Ministers Shri Nitin Gadkari and Dr. Jitendra Singh to address the Valedictory Session of the Conference
The Union Minister for Road Transport & Highways and Minister for Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises, Shri Nitin Jairam Gadkari and Minister of State  of the Ministry of DONER, Minister of State for PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space Dr Jitendra Singh, will address the Valedictory Session of the Regional Conference on “Improving Public Services Delivery – Role of Governments” on 22nd December, 2019. The 2-day conference will be inaugurated tomorrow in Nagpur. The event is being organised by the Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances  in collaboration with the Government of Maharashtra and the Maharashtra State Commission for Right to Public Services.
The Regional Conference would be attended by nearly 300 officials representing 22 States and Union Territories and also officials from the State Administration. Discussions would be held in 6 Technical Sessions. The Technical Sessions in the Regional Conference are:
- How the Enactment of the Right to Services Law has helped in Improving Delivery of Public Services
- Electronic Delivery of Public Services
- Creating Awareness in Society regarding Right to Public Services
- Centralized Public Grievances – Redress and Monitoring System 
- Innovative Practices regarding delivery of Public Services
- Ek Bharat-Shresht Bharat with focus on Improving Public Services Delivery in the Districts of Maharashtra and Odisha.
The conference would be attended by senior officials from the Government of India and participating States. The Senior officials attending the Regional Conference include Secretary to the President of India, Shri Sanjay Kothari, Additional Secretary DARPG, Shri V.Srinivas, Right to Services Commissioners of the States of Maharashtra, Punjab and Haryana namely Shri S. S. Kshatriya, Shri Mandeep Singh Sandhu and Shri Hardeep Kumar, Principal Secretary , Govt of Maharashtra, Shri S. V. R. Srinivas, Commissioner RTS, Konkan, Maharashtra Smt. Medha Gadgil, Commissioner of Information Technology Tamil Nadu Shri Santosh Mishra, Member Administrative Reforms Commission of Kerala Smt. Sheela Thomas, Executive Director Railways Shri Vivek Srivastava, and Secretary GAD Maharashtra Smt. Anshu Sinha. Several District Collectors would be presenting their successful district level innovations during the technical sessions.
The Regional Conference would adopt in the valedictory session the “Nagpur Resolution: A Holistic Approach for Empowering Citizens" on December 22, 2019, which would seek to bring about significant improvements in service delivery and further empowerment of the citizens by ensuring timely services are delivered in a transparent manner, beneficial to the citizens.
Competition Commission of India
CCI approves combination involving acquisition of up to 100% shareholding in R Systems International Limited by BCP Asia II Topco II Pte. Ltd
The Competition Commission of India  approves proposed combination involving acquisition of up to 100% shareholding in the R Systems International Limited by BCP Asia II Topco II Pte. Ltd.
The Proposed Combination pertains to the acquisition of up to 100% shareholding in R Systems International Limited  by BCP Asia II Topco II Pte. Ltd  through –  an acquisition of up to 51.67% shareholding from the promoter shareholders of the Target pursuant to a Share Purchase Agreement dated 16 November 2022; and  an acquisition of up to 48.33% shareholding from the public shareholders of the Target through a composite offer  to be made by the Acquirer  under the Securities and Exchange Board of India  Regulations, 2011 and applicable provisions of the Securities and Exchange Board of India  Regulations, 2021  per the terms and conditions set out in the Detailed Public Statement to the offer published on 23 November 2022.
The Acquirer has not been engaged in providing any products / services and / or performing the business of investment holding in India or worldwide since its incorporation. The Acquirer is controlled by funds advised and / or managed by affiliates of Blackstone Inc.
The Target is a public listed company incorporated in India. The Target and its subsidiaries are engaged in the provision of information technology  and IT enabled services  in India and worldwide.
Detailed order of the CCI will follow.
Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution
Government of India makes systematic progress towards cash transfers of food subsidy
Shri Ram Vilas Paswan launches handbook to guide states in implementation of cash transfers of food subsidy
Shri Ram Vilas Paswan, the Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution launched the 'Handbook for Implementation of Cash Transfer of Food Subsidy' in New Delhi today. The handbook has been jointly developed by Department of Food and Public Distribution  and World Food Programme .
The handbook is a step by step guide for implementation of cash transfer of food subsidy scheme and is based on India's rules, regulations and experience in cash transfers of food subsidy, and WFP's global experience in cash based transfer. Shri C.R Chaudhary, the Minister of State for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Secretary DoFPD, Shri Ravikant and Dr. Hameed Nuru, Country Director WFP, were also present during the launch.
Shri Ram Vilas Paswan complemented the efforts of the DoFPD and WFP for preparation of the handbook. Shri Paswan hoped that it will serve as a guide to all states/union territories that are implementing or planning to implement cash transfers for food subsidy, as it details out the prerequisites, processes, and roles and responsibilities of all stakeholder involved in the cash transfer process. Union Minister said that the implementation of cash transfer of food subsidy scheme is one of the important initiatives of this government for ensuring targeted delivery of benefits. He further added this handbook will help in easy understanding of the overall systems and the entire process flow, which would contribute greatly towards the easy adoption and success of cash transfers of food subsidy in India.
Shri Paswan also highlighted the reform measures implemented by his government to check leakages and diversions of foodgrains in the "in-kind" distribution of food grains, through end-to-end computerisations of PDS operations. In this regards he especially highlighted installation of ePoS devices at fair price shops for biometric authentication of beneficiaries and electronic capturing of transactions.
At the launch, Dr. Hameed Nuru, Country Director WFP said, "It is indeed in-line with the vision and aspirations of the nation, that WFP is supporting the Government of India. WFP has been working with the government at national and state level in the implementation of the NFSA, and is proud to be a partner of the government in its efforts towards food security and achieving of SDG 2 goals."
Currently, Cash Transfer of Food Subsidy is being implemented in union territories of Chandigarh, Puducherry and urban areas of Dadra & Nagar Haveli while some more states have shown interest in implementation.
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Prime Minister's Office
PM to visit Varanasi on 23rd September
PM to lay the foundation stone of the International Cricket Stadium in Varanasi
Design of stadium draws inspiration from Lord Shiva
PM to dedicate to Nation 16 Atal Awasiya Vidyalayas built across Uttar Pradesh at a cost of about Rs 1115 crores
PM to participate in the closing ceremony of Kashi Sansad Sanskritik Mahotsav 2023
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will visit Varanasi on 23rd September, 2023. At around 1:30 PM, Prime Minister will lay the foundation stone of the International Cricket Stadium in Varanasi. At around 3:15 PM, Prime Minister will reach Rudraksh International Cooperation and Convention Centre and will participate in the closing ceremony of Kashi Sansad Sanskritik Mahotsav 2023. He will also dedicate to Nation 16 Atal Awasiya Vidyalaya built across Uttar Pradesh, during the programme.
International cricket stadium in Varanasi will be a step towards realising Prime Minister’s vision to develop modern world class sports infrastructure. The modern international cricket stadium, to be built in Ganjari, Rajatalab, Varanasi will be developed in more than 30 acre area, at a cost of about Rs 450 crores. The thematic architecture of this stadium draws inspiration from Lord Shiva, with designs developed for crescent shaped roof covers, trident shaped flood-lights, ghat steps based seating, Bilvipatra shaped metallic sheets on the facade. The stadium will have a capacity of 30,000 spectators.
With an aim to further enhance access to quality education, Sixteen Atal Awasiya Vidyalaya across Uttar Pradesh, built at a cost of about Rs 1115 crores, have been started exclusively for children of labourers, construction workers and orphans due to COVID-19 pandemic, with an aim to provide quality education and help in holistic development of Children. Each school is constructed in an area of 10-15 acres with classrooms, sports ground, recreational areas, a mini auditorium, hostel complex, mess and residential flats for staff. These residential schools intend to eventually accommodate 1000 students each.
Prime Minister’s vision to strengthen the cultural vibrancy of Kashi has led to the conceptualization of Kashi Sansad Sanskritik Mahotsav. The Mahotsav witnessed the participation of more than 37,000 persons across 17 disciplines, who displayed their skills in singing, instrumental playing, nukkad natak, dancing etc. The meritorious participants will get a chance to showcase their cultural skills during the programme at Rudraksh International Cooperation and Convention Centre.
Cabinet
Cabinet approves Non-operation of MPLADS for two years  for managing COVID 19
As a part of Government’s continued efforts to contain spread of COVID 19, the Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modihas decided not to operate Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme  for two years . These funds will be used to strengthen Government’s efforts in managing the challenges and adverse impact of COVID19 in the country.